Improved sabot



i-UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

F. W. SCHROEDER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 HIM- SELFAND W. H. HASKINS, OF THE SAME PLACE.

IMPROVED SABOT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,786, dated June 19,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, F. W. SCHROEDER, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented an Improved Sabot for Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

My improved sabot consists of a sole and heel piece connected togetherand otherwise constructed in the peculiar manner fully describedhereinafter, so as to be readily attached to and detached from a boot orshoe, the sabot serving the double purpose of preventing the rapid wearand tear to which the soles and heels are subjected and of keeping thewearers 'eet dry.

In order to enable others to make and use my invention, I will nowproceed to describe the manner of constructing the same.

On reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, Figure l represents an exterior view of my improved sabotas it appears when applied to a boot or shoe; Fig. 2, a longitudinalsection, and Fig. 3 a plan view. l

Similar letters refer to similarparts throughout the several views.

A is the sole-piece, Iand B the heel-piece, oi" my improved sabot, eachconsisting in the present instance of an upper layer of leather securedto a lower layer of gum elastic, and each being Ariveted or otherwisesecured to a thin and elastic strip, D, of steel or other suitablemetal. This strip is so bent as to conform or nearly conform to theshape of the sole and heel of the boot or shoe to which the sabot has tobe applied, a shoulder being formed at c for fitting against the insideof the heel, and the rear end of the strip being turned up at b, theturned-up portion fitting against the rear of the heel and being securedto the same by a small thumb-screw, d. The front end, c, of the metalstrip is hooked. so as to catch on the sole of the boot at the toe ofthe same, as seen in Fig. 1.

A transverse strip of metal, E, is secured to the sole-piece and stripD, and is turned up at the opposite ends, so as to form hooks forcatching on the opposite edges ot' the sole of the boot or shoe. Y

Another transverse strip, F, is so adapted to the strip D that it can bemoved to and fro freely thereon, this strip F being also turned up atthe opposite ends, so as to catch onto the sole of the boot.

In applying my improved sabot to a boot or shoe the wearer rst adjuststhe sliding strip to such a position where it will coincide with thenarrowest portion oi the sole of his boot immediately in advance of theheel. He then applies the sole of his boot to the solepiece A, andpushes his foot forward so that its sole becomes wedged between theturnedup ends of the strip E, the toe being foreed against the hookedend e ofthe strip D. The heel is then depressed so as to occupy aposition between the shoulder a 4ot' the strip D and the turned-up end bof the latter, after which the strip F is slided forward from thenarrowest portion of the sole toward abroader part, (indicated by thedotted lines a: w, Fig. 3,) v

so that the ,turned-up or hooked ends of the strip may catch on thisbroad portion of the sole. The sabot is then iinally secured by turningthe thumb-screw d so that it will penetrate the rear of the heel.

The method described of attaching the sabot to the boot is most secure,the heel being effectually eoniined between the shoulder a and turned-upend b of the metal strip D, the latter being held up to the sole by thehooked sliding strip F, and the sole of the boot being firmly grasped bythe hooked ends h ot' the strip E, while the hook e has a firm holdofthe toe of thc boot.

Although thus firmly secured to the boot, the sabot will yield andaccommodate itself to the bending of the sole.

vI claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. Thesabot composed of the sole-piece A and heelpiece B, connected togetherby a metal strip, D, bent to conform or nearly to conform to the shapeof the sole and heel of it boot or shoe, and having a. shoulder, a', Intestimony whereof I have signed my and turned-up end b, allsubstantially as denaine to this Vspeoifloaution in the presence ofscribed. two subscribing Witnesses.

2. The combination of the strip D and its hooked end e with thetransverse strip E and F. W. SGHROEDER. its hooked ends 7L andsole-piece A.

3. The transverse strip F, having hooked Witnesses: ends and beingarranged to slide on the strip CHARLES E. FISHER, D, as set forth, forthe purpose specified. JOHN WHITE.

